How has you hunting been this year? Do you plan to change anything, or is what your doing working for you? This year has been tough for coyotes for me and my buddy. We plan to try new areas and use an electronic caller more for awhile, to change things up. I for one love hand calls, but the old casset caller has produced a little more. Also we have the Johnny Stewart preymasyer 4, which will come in handy come fall. Seems like hunting at night with a shotgun and trying to blow on a hancall and run a sptlight seems to complicate things. Its been tough all year, but we will keep at them as long as the coyotes are still causeing problems.

Coyotes have always been a tough one for me. I really have never hunted with anyone that is a Coyote hunter, so I am self taught, which may be a bad thing in this case. Usually my oportunities come while I am deer hunting, and more so when I'm Bowhunting. Any advice or info would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

Coyote hunting is just like any other hunting in a lot of ways. You have to do some kind of scouting in an area. Looking for tracks and scat. Once you find some kind of sign, you can determine where that animal is going. Such as to cover or water source. Pay attention to the wind even before you start thinking of finding a place to make a stand. Once you determine that there is a lot of activity in that area you can try to find some kind of elevated spot to see incomeing predators. Try to keep the wind in your face and sun at your back. Keep your movement to a minimal. Always lock everything in after you have sat down, this way you wont be mistakeing a bush for a coyote. I try to keep a low volume call with me so I can call the area first so not to spook anything close. You would want to call for ten secounds then stop and wait for 2 minutes to increase your volume. After you have feel comfortable try little louder call. If nothing show after makeing a few calls for a minute then waiting a couple of minutes in a ten minute time frame then glass the area before getting up and moveing on. I have waited up to 20 minin flat open country, because it might be that the coyote is over half or even a mile away. Sometimes they come charging in and sometimes it seems like they will either try to find the down wind side of that sound or they get confused and will plain sit on thier rump waiting for movement. Thats where a decoy will help out. But make sure your down wind of that decoy. Try to find camo that is suited for you area. Keep still, and try to eliminate your oder. I have used fox urine to cover my sent, but that doesnt always work. Anything you do for hunting deer would apply, but more so when hunting coyotes. Always find a well hidded spot for your truck. Try not to slam the doors, this will end a hunt in a hurry. Main thing is you have to have coyotes in that area, that always helps lol. Scout around, find thier activity route, watch the wind and keep the sun at your back. And always try to be safe and have fun.